The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1887-03-23

section, such body having legislative
functions therein, may, under an
ordinance thereof, take a census of
the inhabitants of such town and the
result or such census shall be entered
upon the journals or records thereof,
anu .uc:' entry, or certified copy
thereof, >'ia: ne proof OF such tact,
and shall! be fled with The clerk of
the county court of the county in
which such town Is situated.
Sec. 3. That notice OF such cleo
ton shall be given by publication IN
some newspaper published IN the
county, and such notice shall be
published in such newspaper for four
consecutive weeks, and the last IN
sertion shall within ten days next
before such election, and such other
notice may be given as the county
court or municipal body ordering
such election may think proper, in
order to give general publicity to
the elecr,on.
Sec. 4. That all persons voting
at any election held under the pro-
VISIONS OF this act, who are against
the sale of intoxicating liquors, shall
have written or printed on their bal.
lots, "against the sale of intoxicating
liquors." and all those who are in
favor OF the sale OF intoxicating
liquors shall have written or printed
on their ballots, ''for the sale OF in
toxicat,ng liquors" Provided, that
If the county court or municipal body
ordering such election deem it expe.
dient. they may order that both the
above sentences may be written or
printed on the tickets to be used and
voted at said election, with the fur
ther instruction printed on such tick
cts or ballots-''erase the clause you
do not want"
Sec. 5. If majority of the votes
cast at such election be "for the sale
of intoxicating liquors" such intox'
icating liquors may be sold under
the provisions of existing laws regu'
lating the sale thereof, and the pro
curing of license Hereunder, and i
a majority of the votes cast at such
election be "against the sale OF in
toxlcating liquors" the county cour
or municipal body ordering sucl
election shall publish the result o
election once a week tor four con
secutive weeks IN the same newspa
per IN which the notice of electlol
was published and the provisions O
this act shall take effect and be il
force from and after the date of tn
last insertion of the publication las
above referred to; And provides
further, that no license to sell intox
!, icating liquors OF any description
: prohibited by this act, shall be grant
ed during the time of publication
last above mentioned: And provi
ded further, that this act shall not b
so construed as to interfere with an
. license issued before the dav of sue
!. election, but such license may ru
. until the day of its expiration, an
shall not be renewed. The electio
r in this act provided tor, and the Z.
\ suit thereof, may be contested in th
- way as is now provided by law f
, the contest OF the elections of coun
officers in this State.
b Sec. s. That if majority OF IL
e votes cast al any election held und
1t the provisions Of this sct shall I
d against the sale of intoxicatil
h liquors." it shall not be lawful Fl
q any person within the limits of su,
d county lying outside of the corpora
1t limits OF any city or town having,
,e the date of such order of election,
ID population of $500 inhabitants
as more, or city. as the case may
ID to directly or indirectly sell, gi
VS. away or barter IN any manner whate
C. er, any kind OF intoxicating liquors
r beverage containing alcohol, IN a